Engineering & Science
Center for Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis
CEMMA provides research tools for imaging, visualization, and analysis of nano-scale features and structures, both man-made and natural, including biological structures. A full time technical staff supports the user group and their research activities, providing training and assistance with advanced applications. The shared instrumentation facility is accessible to all USC personnel and houses major instrumentation, including scanning and transmission electron microscopes and related instruments.
John Curulli, Director of Operations
University of Southern California
814 Bloom Walk, CEM 101B
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0101
213-740-1990
cemma@usc.edu
MOSIS Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) circuit fabrication
Mosis offers low-cost prototyping and small-volume production service for VLSI circuit development and fabrication. It provides access to a range of advanced semiconductor processes offered by numerous foundries.
MOSIS Integrated Circuit Fabrication Service
USC Information Sciences Institute
4676 Admiralty Way, 7th floor
Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695
310-448-9400
Mosis-info@mosis.org
Nano-BioPhysics Core Facility
The NanoBiophysics Facility is designed for the study of the structure and interaction of biological and synthetic molecules with emphasis on Nanoscience research. The lab currently has resources to study molecular and nanostructures with Biacore surface plasmon resonance instrument T100, Light Scattering Equipment, both Dynamic and Multiangle devices from Wyatt, a Spectrofluorometer QuantaMaster from PTI with near-IR capabilities, solid sample holder and time-resolved accessory, an Atomic Force Microscope Nanoscope IIIa, and a Universal Microplate Reader GENios.
Xiaojiang Chen, Director
NanoBioPhysics Core
835 W 37th St.
SHS 163
Los Angeles, CA 90089
213-740-3856
xiaojiang.chen@usc.edu
NMR Spectroscopy Facility
The Department of Chemistry operates a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy lab for the investigation of magnetic properties of nuclei. providing information on the number and type of chemical entities in molecules. A Varian 600 and Varian 400 MR are available for general use by university investigators.
NMR Core Facility
Allan Kershaw, Director
Department of Chemistry
LJS 159
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089
kershaw@usc.edu
Photonics Center
The Photonics Center analyzes devices and technologies to confine, control and route light, and contains a number of nanotechnology-oriented laboratories. These include the Compound Semiconductor Lab, with three types of metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems; the Optical Communications Laboratory, with extensive laser and optics resources; the Photonics Materials and Devices Laboratory, and the Advanced Interconnect and Network Technology lab with microdisk lasers.
Kim Reid
Department Business Manager
Photonics Center
3651 Watt Way
University of Southern California
Los Angeles CA 90089
213-740-7759
reid@usc.edu